Huge Announcement!
We have just been advised that the Australian National Busking Championships Inc. has received a $10,000 grant from BOCO ROCK WIND FARM!
We’re over the moon and so grateful to get this much-needed support.
https://www.bocorockwindfarm.com.au/community-fund
Gundagai NSW will be hosting a Regional Final of Australian National Busking Championships™ on Saturday 27 October 2018.
The Australian National Busking Championships™ is an Australia-wide network of busking festivals. The ANBC celebrates the rich diversity of Australian music and street performance culture. Throughout the year, Regional Finals are held in towns all over Australia culminating in the ANBC National Grand Final which is held in Cooma NSW on the first weekend of November each year.
Download the Gundagai Entry Form here:Â ENTRY FORM 2018 Australian National Busking Championships Gundagai PL5
Calling All Buskers & Street Performers!
Thousands of dollars in cash prizes will be up for grabs at the ANBC Gundagai Regional Finals. Gundagai is one of the regional towns that have joined the ever-growing network of ANBC busking competitions around Australia.
Dates for 2018 so far are:
Links to all these Regional Busking Competitions may be found at:  https://www.buskingcooma.com/
The Prizes:
There are generous prizes for 3 age categories, Open (Adult), Secondary (High School Age) and Primary (Primary School Age). Plus lots of other awards such as Peoples Choice Award, Best Band, Country Music, Blues Music, Jazz Music, Classical Music, Folk, Indigenous, Community Based Music, Youth Encouragement, Most Innovative, and Ability Award (for buskers with a disability). Solos, Duos, Groups, Ensembles, Choirs are all welcome. There has even been a prize for non-musical Street Performance such as jugglers, magicians, and dancers.
The winners of each of the 3 age categories will qualify for the ANBC National Grand Final in Cooma.
Camping at the Cooma Showground
Cooma Showgrounds available for camping
Cooma Showground will be available for camping for the Friday 2nd, Saturday 3rd& Sunday 4th November 2018.
Costs are:
All bookings for this are to be made directly with Donna Smith at donna@visitcooma.com.au
The Swiss Motel is offering budget accommodation
Contact them directly:
The Sovereign Inn also has a Special Busking Deal
Contact them directly:
For more Accommodation go to: http://visitcooma.com.au/
A celebration of Spanish repertoire for the guitar and piano, from classical masterpieces to flamenco styles of Paco De Lucia and Paco Pena and modern jazz.
In a world first collaboration, Internationally acclaimed, award winning concert pianist and ‘Young Steinway Artist’ Nicholas Young and renowned 10 String Spanish Classical Guitarist Matthew Fagan aka Lord of the Strings! infuse the exhilarating traditional flamenco elements of Spanish Guitar into virtuosic classical piano masterpieces to form stunning new arrangements, celebrating the launch of Fagan’s newest vinyl album “El Vito”.
From the famous folk-inspired ballet music of Manuel De Falla’s “The Three Cornered Hat†to the Spanish dances evoked in Isaac Albeniz’s “Sevillaâ€, “Asturias†and “Tangoâ€. Joaquin Rodrigo’s famous “Concierto de Aranjuez†is explored through its origins in “Tarantos†and “Rodenaâ€, combined with stunning orchestral realisation by piano, and Egberto Gismonti’s “Frevo Rasgadoâ€, first brought to fame by guitarists Paco De Lucia and John McLaughlin, will be transformed for concert piano and 10-string guitar, pairing rhythmic drive with colourful sonority.
Cooma Concert is presented by the Snowy Monaro Arts Council
SUN 14 Oct: St Paul’s Anglican Parish Hall (Cooma, N.S.W), 2.00pm (Doors 1.30pm)
https://events.humanitix.com.au/espana-elvito-cooma+BF
Watch snippets from the show here:
The Australian National Busking Championships in Cooma this year will now be a two-day Busking Festival.
On Saturday…
On Sunday…
We at ANBC are very excited about this year’s expanded program and we hope that the buskers, their supporters and the general public have a fantastic weekend in beautiful Cooma.
More activities, such as Open Mic Sessions and Concerts are also in the planning stage. We’ll keep you posted.
Peak Hill NSW will be hosting the Peak Hill Regional Finals – Australian National Busking Championships™ on Saturday 15 September 2018.
The Australian National Busking Championships™ is an Australia-wide network of music festivals. The ANBC celebrates the rich diversity of Australian music culture. Through out the year, Regional Finals are held in towns all over Australia culminating in the National Grand Final which is held in Cooma NSW on the first weekend of November each year.
Download Peak Hill Entry Form here:Â ENTRY FORM PEAK HILL 2018 AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL BUSKING CHAMPIONSHIPS
Download this additional form for larger groups:Â GROUP MEMBERS LIST FORM_PEAK HILL 2018
Calling All Buskers:
Thousands of dollars in cash prizes will be up for grabs at Peak Hill Regional Finals. Peak Hill is the one regional towns that have joined the ever-growing network of ANBC busking competitions around Australia. Dates for 2018 so far are:
Links to all these Regional Finals may be found at:Â https://www.buskingcooma.com/
The Prizes:
There are generous prizes for 3 age categories, Open (Adult), Secondary (High School Age) and Primary (Primary School Age). Plus lots of other awards such as: Peoples Choice Award, Best Band, Country Music, Blues Music, Jazz Music, Classical Music, Folk, Indigenous, Community Based Music, Youth Encouragement, Most Innovative, and Ability Award (for buskers with a disability). Solos, Duos, Groups, Ensembles, Choirs are all welcome. There has even been a prize for non-musical Street Performance such as jugglers, magicians and dancers.
The winners of each of the 3 age categories will qualify for the National Grand Final in Cooma.
Alhambra ZCWE
The Alhambra Z natural classical guitar now has a big brother just arrived from Spain!
It’s the Alhambra ZCWE which
Fishman Pickup with Preamp and Chromatic Tuner
is basically, the Z model with an onboard Fishman Pickup & Preamp and a Cut-Away. Big acoustic sound and ready for weddings, parties..anything where more volume is needed.
Recommended retail price $999
AVAILABLE FROM:
COOMAÂ SCHOOLÂ OF MUSIC
Shop 2, Parkview Arcade, 123 Sharp Street,
Cooma, NSW 2630
PHONE:Â 02 6452 6067
FAX:Â 02 6452 4938
EMAIL:Â allan@coomamusic.com.au
Come and meet the Alhambra Guitar family
Here are all the results from the National Grand Final for the Australian National Busking Championships™ 2017 Cooma NSW.
Geoffrey Williams – Australian National Busking Champion 2017 (Open)
The luthiers at the premier Spanish guitar making workshop, Alhambra, website have just come out with a new student model classical guitar, the model zero.
Alhambra model zero. Made in Spain for just $499
This is a lovely matte finished full-sized classical guitar with a solid cedar top. It retails for the amazing price of just $499!
The previous entry point guitar in the Alhambra range was its glossy brother, the model 1C which retails for $699. That’s $200 more than the new model zero.
This new model zero is an amazing guitar for the price. It has a beautiful solid cedar top which gives it a full deep rich bass and a warm sustaining treble, plus there’s heaps of volume.
How can they do it for the price? Maybe they saved on the no-frills matte finish. Probably, but what a guitar! Made in Spain for $499. This is really going to upset the Chinese. The Spanish guitar makers are fighting back!
AVAILABLE FROM:
COOMAÂ SCHOOLÂ OF MUSIC
Shop 2, Parkview Arcade, 123 Sharp Street,
Cooma, NSW 2630
PHONE:Â 02 6452 6067
FAX:Â 02 6452 4938
EMAIL:Â allan@coomamusic.com.au
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Saturday 4 November 2017